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EXAMINING SABBATARIANISM
Part 1
William Miller
• In 1816 he began studying OT
prophecy in regards to time
• In 1818 he came to the
conclusion from Dan. 8:14 and
9:24ff that Jesus would return
sometime between March 21,
1843 – March 21, 1844
• He did not make this view public until 1831
• In 1834 he became a Baptist preacher and those who
followed him were labeled as Millerites
• When 1843 and 1844 came to pass it was a
devastating blow to Miller and his followers
Ellen G. White
• Main person who brought about the
beliefs of this denomination
• She suffered a head injury at 9
which began her hallucinations
• Her family became followers of
Miller in 1842 and after the great
disappointment in 1844 she claims to
have hundreds of visions from God.
• She married a Millerite preacher in 1846 and became the
new leader of the Millerite’s
• In 1846 and 1847 she claimed she was taken up into
heaven and was allowed to see the heavenly tabernacle
and she saw the 10 commandments with the 4th one
having a soft halo of light encircling it
In 1860 they officially became the Seventh Day
Adventist who worshiped God on Saturday
instead of Sunday.
The leaders were Hiram Edson, Joseph Bates and
Ellen G. White.
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prophecies
of Ellen
White:
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1845 and then in 1851
forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain
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• She said that Sunday keeping was the mark of the
beast and when Jesus comes very soon all those
keeping Sunday worship will be lost
Deuteronomy 18:22 "when a prophet speaks in
the name of the LORD, if the thing does not
happen or come to pass, that is the thing which
the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken
it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.
• The ability of prophecy was limited to the 1st
century (1 Cor. 13: 8ff)
• We are warned twice in Gal. 1:8-9 not to
receive a person or even an angel that is
proclaiming something different than the gospel
They believe there are 2 sets of laws:
The Law of God or
Moral Law which
contains the 10
commandments
Moses’ Law or
Ceremonial Law
which contains the
600+ Laws
Genesis 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended
His work which He had done, and He rested on
the seventh day from all His work which He had
done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and
sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His
work which God had created and made
There is not one instance in the 2500 years
between creation and the time of Moses where
anyone observed Saturday as special day
The first time the word Sabbath is mentioned is in
Exodus 16:23 ff
Nehemiah 9:13 "You came down also on Mount
Sinai, And spoke with them from heaven, And
gave them just ordinances and true laws, Good
statutes and commandments. 14 You made
known to them Your holy Sabbath, And
commanded them precepts, statutes and laws, By
the hand of Moses Your servant.
Deuteronomy 5:2 "The LORD our God made a
covenant with us in Horeb. 3 "The LORD did not
make this covenant with our fathers, but with us,
those who are here today, all of us who are alive.
Ezekiel 20:12 "Moreover I also gave them My
Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me,
that they might know that I am the LORD who
sanctifies them. 13 "Yet the house of Israel
rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did
not walk in My statutes; they despised My
judgments, 'which, if a man does, he shall live by
them'; and they greatly defiled My Sabbaths.
• There is more to keeping the Sabbath than just
resting on Saturday
• Additional Sabbaths were done in accordance
with 5 of their festivals found in Lev. 23 – 39
• There was 59 Sabbaths a year and every 7th
and 50th year was a Sabbatical year
• A typical Hebrew would observe 5,830 Sabbaths
over 50 years, while the average Sabbatarian
who only observes Saturday will only keep 2,600
Sabbaths falling short 3,230 Sabbaths that are
required by God’s Word
Numbers 28:9 ' And on the Sabbath day two
lambs in their first year, without blemish, and
two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain
offering, mixed with oil, with its drink offering -10 'this is the burnt offering for every Sabbath,
besides the regular burnt offering with its drink
offering.
Exodus 16:29 "See! For the LORD has given you
the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth
day bread for two days. Let every man remain in
his place; let no man go out of his place on the
seventh day." 30 So the people rested on the
seventh day.
Exodus 35:3 "You shall kindle no fire throughout
your dwellings on the Sabbath day."
Exodus 35:1… "These are the words which the
LORD has commanded you to do: 2 "Work shall
be done for six days, but the seventh day shall be
a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD.
Whoever does any work on it shall be put to
death.
Exodus 20:8 " Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all
your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work:
you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your
male servant, nor your female servant, nor your
cattle, nor your stranger who is within your
gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made the
heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in
them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the
LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
Mark 2:27 "The Sabbath was made for man, and
not man for the Sabbath.
Exodus 31:13 "Speak also to the children of
Israel, saying: 'Surely My Sabbaths you shall
keep, for it is a sign between Me and you
throughout your generations, that you may know
that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. 17 'It is a
sign between Me and the children of Israel
forever;
Malachi 3:6 "For I am the LORD, I do not change;
Exodus 30:8 "And when Aaron lights the lamps at
twilight, he shall burn incense on it, a perpetual
incense before the LORD throughout your
generations.
Exodus 12:14 'So this day shall be to you a
memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the
LORD throughout your generations. You shall
keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance.
Exodus 40:15 "You shall anoint them, as you
anointed their father, that they may minister to
Me as priests; for their anointing shall surely be
an everlasting priesthood throughout their
generations."
Hebrews 7:12 For the priesthood being changed,
of necessity there is also a change of the law.
Things we learned:
• This denomination was built upon false
prophets
• There is a lot more to Sabbath keeping then just
resting on Saturday
• We looked at several arguments the
Sabbatarian’s use to justify Sabbath keeping and
showed that don’t stand up to scripture
• We have seen how inconsistent they are when
it comes to keeping the Sabbath